Platforms & Services

Maybe it was the news of the royal wedding last weekend, or maybe it’s my own personal experience with wedding planning, but I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the role the internet plays in planning, promoting and archiving a major life event ...

More than a year after the CAN-SPAM Act became law, email users say they are receiving slightly more spam in their inboxes than before, but they are minding it less.

Are we entering an era of "user-generated" online content? We may not quite be there. But if you look at how young people with high-speed connections interface with the news, the phrase "news consumers" doesn't capture what these people do when th...

As our research on internet activities evolves, the list of online pastimes that we study continues to grow.

More than 6 million American adults have listened to podcasts.

This presentation shows pattern of online news consumption, with particular emphasis on how high-speed internet connections help shift the center of news consumption closer to the online world, especially for young internet users.

Why has online banking surged and financial information searches have remained steady at 44%? An off-the-cuff theory.

Although long lines prevented me from entering the courtroom today to witness the arguments firsthand, the scene outside the hearing was also a fascinating microcosm of the parties affected by this debate.

Are British search engine users really smarter than Americans?

The majority of teens and nearly half of online adults use the internet to search for colleges or schools.